Diogenes' Lamp
Please join hosts Tom, Basil, and other friends of the pod, navigate Hellenic history, culture and other niche and forgotten historical events, all while being constantly reminded of the depravity, uprightness, and incompetence of men. Good laughs are always welcome.
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Episodes
45 episodes
Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 14: Reflecting on the Imia Crisis with Polity21
Konstantino’s Article The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation:
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Episode 45
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 13: The Ethnic Politics of Soccer in the Land Down Under
Hey everyone! For today’s episode, from all the way down under, I was able to get on the pod Terry Stravridis. Terry, is a Greek-Australian & Historian, who has published & written on A LOT of topics that we cover on the pod. He's publi...
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Ep. 31: Into the Frying Pan: Midas 6i4, & the Prequel to Harling
Hey Everyone!On today's episode, Dustin (From NoneTaken Podcast) and I, will take a look at another operation, that while doesn't have nearly as much notoriety as Operation Harling, was still nonetheless important enough (I thought anywa...
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Episode 31
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Ep. 30: The SOE, The Foreign Office, & The Ahndartiko
Hey Everyone!On today's Dustin episode, Dustin and I will drill down a bit on factors that helped accelerate the growth of the Ahndartiko going into 1943, and we will also follow the drama unfolding between competing interpretations of p...
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Episode 30
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Ep. 29: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 2
Hey Everyone!Today we'll continue to follow the movements and challenges that SOE Operatives and Ahndartes will face on their way to accomplishing their final and most important objective: destroying Gorgopotamos BridgeEnjoy!<...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 12: Polytheism, Hellenism, & the Diaspora
Hey EveryoneFor today’s episode I had on the pod Angelo from Hearth of Hellenism, and we talked about Polytheism, specifically speaking we talked about worshiping the Ancient Greek Gods. Random conversation I know…but this is some...
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Episode 40
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Ep. 28: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 1
Hey Everyone!On todays episode we are going to revisit our friends in the SOE, who are hard at work trying to get the guerilla groups of the left right and center on the same page. Additionally, we will introduce ourselves to the team th...
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Episode 28
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Ep. 27: Getting to Know Aris Velouchiotis & Napoleon Zervas
Hey Everyone!On todays episode we will get a closer look at the lives of TWO people who are a big part of our story going forward. Thanasis Kalaras, (AKA Aris Velouchiotis) and Napoleon Zervas. They are both controversial figures in thei...
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Episode 27
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27:54
Ep. 26: Introducing the Andartiko Alphabet Soup: EAM, ELAS EDES, & Others
Hey Everyone!Today we (our guest co-host Dustin, and myself included) will get a brief introduction to the alphabet soup of acronyms that is the Greek Guerilla Resistance movement, or also known as, the Andartiko. This is meant just as a...
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Ep. 25: SOE, MI6, & The British
Good Morning!Today, Dustin from NoneTaken Podcast and myself will look into British Foreign Policy towards Greece, the role of British secret intelligence services in the organization of Greek resistance bands, and what the British endga...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 11: Revisiting & Reflecting on the "Big NO"
Hello Everyone! Long Live the No! Happy Ohi Day!For today's episode we have once again Dr. Dale Pappas, and we had a frank conversation about how the events leading up to and including the big NO are remembered by the Hellenic Nation. We...
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Episode 35
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Ep. 24: Cats, Commies & Castor Oil - The Communist Party of Greece
Good Morning Comrades!Today, (with our special guest Dustin, from NoneTaken podcast!) we will be getting properly acquainted with a group of people we have heard so much about, but not formerly met: The Communists. This faction within th...
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Episode 34
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 10: What's a Venizelist?
Hey everyone,For today’s episode,Ii had on the Pod, someone who has been on here almost half a dozen times now, Dr. Dale Pappas. If you’ve been following the Greek Civil War segment that we’ve had running, you’ve seen for yourself ...
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Episode 32
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57:33
Ep. 23: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 6
Hello Fellow Revolutionaries!Today we'll be continuing through the drama that was the "Trial of the 6", which will then culminate with the "Execution of the 6", and will then be followed by the Second Hellenic Republic. We'll also get a ...
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Episode 31
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Ep. 22: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 5
Hello Comrades!Following the loss of the Venizelists in the elections, the Royalists are back in power, and the King has returned from exile! We'll cover everything from some of the political maneuverings of Venizelos, the diplomatic qua...
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Ep. 21: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 4
Hey everyone!Today we get into the state of affairs immediately following Alexanders death, what that meant for the Asia Minor Campaign, the political tit for tat between Venizelists and anti-Venizelists and the consequences of the elect...
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 9: Libya, Greece & Gas: More Than Just Lines in The Sea
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediter...
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Episode 29
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Ep. 20: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 3
Sup Plebs!Today were going to learn a lot more about someone we've heard so much about: King Alexander I. Well also get a bit into the Asia Minor Campaign, Venizelos being in charge after the Noemvriana, and why its a bad idea to allow d...
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Episode 28
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Ep. 19: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 2
Hey Everyone!Join us today as we continue to work through our mini Greek Monarchism primer series, and introduce ourselves to King Constantine and learn a bit more about the political climate of the time and the challenges the royal fami...
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Episode 27
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Ep. 18: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 1
Hello Listeners!Join Basil and I today as we get a formal introduction to the Greek Royals and the Glucksburg dynasty, the longest running Greek Dynasty.Sources:Greece, Roderick Beaton
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Episode 26
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 8: Satire, Politics and Weekly Attempts at Drawing Laughs
Hey everyoneFor todays episode I was able to bring on a good friend of the Pod, and the founder of Waadl, or WAADL, which stands for Weekly attempts at Drawing Laughs, which is a growing collection of sketches and cartoons that are in ma...
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Episode 25
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 7: Zourafa Isle, The Imia of the North Aegean
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediter...
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Episode 24
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 6: The Ikarian Revolution
Hey everyone! For todays episode I was able to Dr. Dale Pappas back on the Pod once again to talk about an article he wrote in May of 2024 titled "How One Tiny Island Took On the Ottoman Empire, and Won". As you may be able to tell from the tit...
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Episode 23
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 5: The Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Hey Everyone, For todays episode, well be talking about a place a bit down the ways from Greece, but with connections and roots to Hellenism that go back thousands of years: Ethiopia…And well specifically be talking about the Yekatit Massacre w...
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Episode 22
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Ep. 17: The Masochists, the Spaghetti Eaters, & the Axis Occupation of Greece Part 2
Good Day Friends!Join us today as we continue our close up look at the depraved and brutal axis occupation of Greece, and try to make sense of it all. Sources:Inside Hitler's Greece, Mar Mazower
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Episode 21
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